Tales of freedom
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| 9,50 EUR, reduced 4,50 EUR |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| German and English with German translation |
| Duration: 120 min |
| English, German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is widely regarded – both in her home country and far beyond – as one of the most influential voices from the African continent. Her books and films break the silence surrounding societal taboos and raise universal questions of justice. Winner of this year’s German Book Trade Peace Prize, she will be visiting the Humboldt Forum for a special one-time only reading.
Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is widely regarded – both in her home country and far beyond – as one of the most influential voices from the African continent. Her books and films break the silence surrounding societal taboos and raise universal questions of justice. In them, she describes the challenges faced in particular by African women who are caught between tradition and modernity and the constraints of ethnicity, age and social class. In recognition of her artistry and her bold political advocacy, Tsitsi Dangarembga was awarded the 2021 German Book Trade Peace Prize.
Schedule
Lars-Christian Koch, Prof. Dr. Lars Christian Koch,
Director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, and Director of the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin at the Humboldt Forum, and board member for the friends’ association Freunde des Ethnologischen Museums e.V.
Uschi Eid, President of the Deutsche Afrika Stiftung (German Africa Foundation)
Tsitsi Dangarembga, holder of the German Book Trade Peace Prize, will read from This Mournable Body
Abak Safaei-Rad, actress, will read from Aufbrechen
Tsitsi Dangarembga in conversation with Manfred Loimeier, Professor of African Literature in the English language at the University of Heidelberg
Christine von Heinz, deputy chair of the board for the Freunde des Ethnologischen Museums e.V.
An event from the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss in collaboration with the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, with the kind support of the Deutschen Afrika Stiftung and the Verein der Freunde des Ethnologischen Museums Berlin e.V.
